Developing frames

LessWrong reports that the author revisits his 2023 meta‑rationality series to clarify how mental frames work. He likens frames to the duck‑rabbit illusion, where top‑down expectations reshape raw perception, and ties the idea to the predictive processing framework, which posits hierarchical generative models. The post argues that frames are learned culturally, built from simpler concepts, and that improving them requires a scout mindset to step outside existing perspectives. Ultimately, the piece suggests that sharpening the boundaries between frames is key to better reasoning.

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